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Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

In July 2022 the federal government approved a $21 billion funding package for mental-health and substance-use disorders. The spending package was in response to a jump in substance abuse and a suicide rate that increased 33% from 1999 through 2017, making it the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S, according to the most recent federal data.

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 @BB4RBKV from Arizona  answered…4mos4MO

personalized care and invest in making a better environment for people to grow up in and to live in. Invest in public safety as well.

 @9T8LHK2 from Arizona  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, and mental health facilities should come back with more oversight to reduce abuse like in the past.

 @94C94NK from Arizona  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but do not use it as a means of denying 2nd amendment rights without Due Process.

 @8ZZPKVH from Arizona  answered…4yrs4Y

Don't fund mental health research, let private companies address this issue in order to find better treatments.

 @8VJ66KY from Arizona  answered…5yrs5Y

No, and the government should get out of the way of researchers who do not violate constitutional rights

 @8TQXWTHIndependent from Arizona  answered…5yrs5Y

No, there is too much pseudoscience and abuse of funds in this area

 @8RWHY2RGreen from Arizona  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but without the use of animals

 @8PG98ZC from Arizona  answered…6yrs6Y

No, more often than not, the field of Psychology is used to pathologize people the "researcher" disagrees with intellectually and leverage government and public angst against a given faction; it should be treated as the pseudo-science it is.

 @8MQF8WZ from Arizona  answered…6yrs6Y

Mental health is a serious topic that should be looked into more and not ignored because people take their lives and that is not something to be ignored.

 @8MCFJ9BIndependent from Arizona  answered…6yrs6Y

Yes and more also to diabetes

 @8H6N2KN from Arizona  answered…6yrs6Y

Yes, but stop cramping mental health's ability to get to the heart of a person's problem just because it doesn't fit into the current political/cultural/social climate (ie LGBTQ, PTSD, vaccine's allergies, Autism, etc).

 @9CM996SIndependent from Arizona  answered…3yrs3Y

No, there is enough money going to big pharma and universities for research-- most of which is useless.

 @GodOfHate from Arizona  answered…4yrs4Y

Maybe a promise of Feds matching State money, in each state.

 @8XS4VJY from Arizona  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, a reasonable amount of funding for mental health research. Most losses are caused from mental health issues. People in debt typically have depression.

 @9C9F5TL from Arizona  answered…3yrs3Y

Separation of Business and State.

 @8RSTXFTLibertarian from Arizona  answered…5yrs5Y

No, but people should be made more aware of the issues surrounding mental health.

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